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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 1549-1705 | Lines 1706-1926.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who stalks the narrator in the garden?
(a) The rose.
(b) Cupid.
(c) Courtesy.
(d) Venus.

2. What is the principle literary device in The Romance of the Rose?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Metaphor.

3. The narrator says that dreams are symbolic of which of the following?
(a) Truth.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Fantasies.
(d) Desires.

4. The narrator follows the river to which location?
(a) A cottage.
(b) A garden.
(c) A castle.
(d) A fountain.

5. What is the main symbol of love in The Romance of the Rose?
(a) Fountains.
(b) Water.
(c) Roses.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many arrows does cupid shoot at the narrator?

2. What trait is most associated with courtly love?

3. The narrator discusses the tendency to look where for matters of love?

4. What does fairsemblaunce represent?

5. Which adjective best describes the couples in the garden?

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